Shawn Mendes Imagines

Misunderstanding - Part 1

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Music:
~ You Think You Know Somebody by Hunter Hayes
~ City of Angels - Piano Version by Thirty Seconds to Mars

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It was raining really hard, and I was walking down the street, soaking wet. I wiped a strand of sticky hair off of my face with my hand, and snorted in annoyance. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I hated rain; in fact, I actually really liked it, but not today. Not right now.    

The thing is, Shawn and I had been in a relationship for quite some time, and we'd never had our first fight yet. Well, until a couple of days ago, at least. It was nothing, really; just some silly, irrelevant disagreement, but it still made things between us pretty tense.

And I honestly thought this whole situation wouldn't last long. Probably a few days more, tops. But sadly, I was wrong.

At a party earlier this night, I caught him making out with some girl. He didn't notice I saw them kissing, but I'm sure that he wouldn't have cared if he had. I couldn't watch them for any longer, so I left the house in a matter of seconds, without letting anyone know, not even my closest friends.

I was heartbroken. Completely devastated. How could he do such thing?, I wondered, multiple times. I even considered the possibility of some misunderstanding, but nothing could excuse the fact that he had cheated on me.

So I walked away. I walked away knowing perfectly it was raining heavily outside, and knowing I had nowhere to go. But at least the water would hide my pouring tears, camouflage them between every scandalous raindrop.

I kept walking with no direction, trying to fight the cold and wind by shielding my body with my arms. It didn't really work, but it made me feel somewhat safer. I kept walking, and didn't stop until I heard a car honk. I turned to face the street, narrowing my eyes in an attempt to identify the car. Shawn's car.

He opened the passenger's door and signaled for me to come in. I debated internally whether I should hop in, or keep walking all by myself under the freezing rainstorm. I didn't really have anywhere to go, and I knew I would regret this later and probably lose what's left of my dignity, but I walked towards the car, trying to keep a straight face.

"What happened?", he asked as I slid onto the passenger's seat. "Why'd you leave without letting me know?"

"I can go wherever I want", I replied, and instantly felt dumb. I swallowed my tears and turned my head to the window, avoiding his eyes.

"Of course you can, I never said you couldn't", he said, and I felt his burning gaze in the back of my head. "It's just- I don't know, you don't seem okay"

I remained silent for a few seconds, trying to come up with some reasonable thing to say. "That' because I'm not, of course", I released a pained sigh. "I'm very far from fine, and you should fucking know why"

I heard him gulp, and saw him look away from me from the corner of my eye. I kept my eyes fixed on the window, and tried to distract myself with the sound of the rain against the roof of the car.

"Do you even have anything to say, Shawn, or am I just wasting my damn time here?", I spat.

He didn't answer right away. "Look at me", he pleaded. I didn't. "Please, Amanda, just look at me"

I sighed again, this time angrier, and finally turned to him. We locked eyes. He looked miserable. "What?", I demanded.

It took him quite some time to reply. He seemed like he was physically unable to speak. "It's not what it looked like"

I snorted. "Seriously, Shawn? You're using that line? That's fucking low, even for you", I resisted the urge to explode in a sarcastic, incredulous laughter.

"It's true, I swear to you", he pushed. "I know we aren't at our best right now, but I'd never lie to you"

He looked into my eyes again, pleading. I could feel myself already giving in into those puppy eyes of his, already forgiving him and crawling back to his arms. But I stayed put. I kept distance between us, but truth is, I was confused as hell. I had no idea what to believe.

"These past few days have been hell to me, Amanda", he continued. "The last thing I want is to screw things up between us even more"

I processed his words. "Okay then", I said after a few seconds of tension. "Explain me what happened"

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     — Lou ☼☽